"Industrial-Academic Relationships in the Chemical and Molecular
Sciences"

The fourth international conference of the Commission on the History of Modern Chemistry (CHMC) of the International Union of History and
Philosophy of Science will take place 3-5 October 2002. The Chemical
Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia (USA) will host this meeting,

"Industrial-Academic Relationships in the Chemical and Molecular
Sciences."

The general theme of the conference is the interactions between the
chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and related industries
since 1900. Traditionally, studies in this area have employed a linear approach to the science-technology relationship. However, it is well established that such transfers are rarely uni-directional. We hope to encourage further a shift in emphasis toward multi-directional transfers. Knowledge, practices, transfer successes and failures, technology, materials, organizational networks, management of R&D, and labor are all potential objects of study within these exchanges. Related themes include interactions with other research centers beyond the academy-e.g. national laboratories, military centers, experimental stations, NGOs, and colonial institutions. Papers are invited on and around this theme. Comparative and international perspectives are strongly encouraged.

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